Bo Westcombe-Evans pulls on an England shirt for the first time on Sunday, less than three months after pulling off boxing gloves for the last time.
It's a team game, but Bo Westcombe-Evans relishes the individual battle."I like to back myself on the edge. I have quite a good hand-off, so I try and step on the outside and use it to fend.Less than three months ago, that combination of footwork, fast hands and full-on attack carried Westcombe-Evans into a rather different contest.
"It was a charity-run event– a student fight night, I just thought it is a bit of me - that aggressive side - and signed up," Westcombe-Evans says. Hunter's knowledge helped on paper as well as the pitch. Now overseeing England's defence, Hunter was a star interviewee for Westcombe-Evans' dissertation on the barriers female coaches face in rugby.
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